Leading With Care in a Tough World: Beyond Servant Leadership

Bob DeKoch · Phillip G. Clampitt

Nov 2022 · Gildan Media · Narrated by Carolyn Jania

About this audiobook

Bob DeKoch and Phil Clampitt draw on their years of innovative practice and research to describe how leading with care enriches people and transforms organizations in our challenging times. Gallup recently reported that only 15% of employees in the United States are truly engaged in their workplace. Yet nearly 70% of employees say they would work harder if they felt more appreciated. Over 90% of employees surveyed believed their leadership "lacked communication skills to lead." Leaders can do better. That's why the authors sought to go beyond the laudable sentiments of the "servant leadership" movement by envisioning, creating, and testing a new leadership platform based on a set of guiding beliefs and actual day-to-day practices. In this book, the authors share how caring leaders adroitly blend visible and subtle practices to realize the aspirational benefits of coaching and collaboration. The authors also provide insights about less frequently discussed leadership issues such as how to build an empowering network of relationships and transform pushback into progress. Anyone who wishes to craft their own distinctive, compelling, and empowering leadership style that unleashes the latent energy of people and their organizations will discover a robust and enriching framework for doing so in Leading with Care in a Tough World.

About the author

Bob DeKoch has over forty years of diverse experience in executive leadership, which included twenty years leading The Boldt Company, a $1 billion construction services and real estate development company. He has developed novel insights into leadership thinking and practice.

Phillip G. Clampitt is an endowed professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with over forty years of experience in university teaching and business consulting. His lifelong passion is to explore the dynamic relationship between leadership, communications, and big ideas.

Carolyn Jania is an LA-based actor/singer/writer/improviser. She is an alum of The Groundlings Sunday Company, where she has done extensive comedy character work, and she received a BA in theater from Butler University. Her passion is writing and performing original comedy songs for her comedy pop band, Schmab.